St. Sava Peak

Location of Oscar II Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

St. Sava Peak (Bulgarian: връх Св. Сава, ‘Vrah Sv. Sava’ \'vr&h sve-'ti 'sa-va\) is the rocky, partly ice-free peak rising to 800 m in Poibrene Heights on Oscar II Coast, Graham Land in Antarctica. It is overlooking Vaughan Inlet to the east-northeast.

The feature is named after the Bulgarian scholar St. Sava Sedmochislenik (9-10th century AD), a disciple of St. Cyril and St. Methodius.

Location

St. Sava Peak is located at 65°06′53″S 61°53′22″W / 65.11472°S 61.88944°W / -65.11472; -61.88944Coordinates: 65°06′53″S 61°53′22″W / 65.11472°S 61.88944°W / -65.11472; -61.88944, which is 4.9 km north-northwest of Ravnogor Peak, 3.8 km southeast of Kamenov Spur and 12.9 km west-northwest of Whiteside Hill.

Maps

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

St. Sava Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

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